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Solid Wave Drive

Date released

1974

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

141

NoS ID

329643

Story no

4 / 5

COI synopsis: Leakproof stirring device for dangerous chemicals.

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Anatomy of a Fire (1982)

Director

David Hayward

Subject

Health & safety

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 20 minutes), £37.60

A tribunal of enquiry asked the Fire Research Station to investigate a fire at the Stardust Club in Dublin in 1981 in which 48 young people died. The video shows the many FRS tests culminating in a...

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Bentonite Shield

Date released

1973

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

129

NoS ID

325545

Story no

2 / 3

COI synopsis: Bentonite is a solid is a liquid, depending on whether you disturb it or not. Its remarkable properties have been exploited by tunnelling engineers, who are now burrowing through strata quickly...

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Bentonite Shield

Date released

1973

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

129

NoS ID

329591

Story no

1 / 3

COI synopsis: Bentonite is a solid is a liquid, depending on whether you disturb it or not. Its remarkable properties have been exploited by tunnelling engineers, who are now burrowing through strata quickly...

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Fine Drilling

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

111

NoS ID

325484

Story no

2 / 4

COI synopsis: A machine to drill the very accurate holes needed for computer circuit boards. We exploited its acccuracy by programming it with a photograph. It produced for us the world’s first portrait...

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Fillcheck

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

114

NoS ID

325496

Story no

4 / 4

COI synopsis: The dam busting bombers of World War II used a pair of angled searchlights to check their height, and the same principle is used in a machine that checks whether jars of coffee, for example,...

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Bottleglass Fibre

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

111

NoS ID

325485

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: Used disposable bottles, the unwanted Cinerellas of our throw-away society, are taking on a new existence. A recycling process is turning them into glass fibre, and they are being reincarnated...

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Dead when I Got There (2015)

Director

Mark Aitken

Subject

Psychiatry

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 72 minutes), £12.99

Documentary film about an asylum in Mexico, run by and for its inmates. The two disc edtion of the film features a number of extras: Antes Muerte - 48 mins; Interviews with patients - 16 mins; Running...

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Agora: From Democracy to the Market (2015)

aka: Agor’a: From Democracy to the Market

Director

Yorgos Avgeropoulos

Subject

Economics; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL), 17.99 Euros

Documentary about the Greek financial crisis by filmmaker Yorgos Avgeropoulos. This film follows development of the crisis and its impact on people’s lives, including homelessness, unemployment, poverty,...

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Firecheck

Date released

1973

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

126

NoS ID

325536

Story no

4 / 4

COI synopsis: Out of a tin comes a resilient fire and weather proof material which can be brushed on just like paint, it releases a "vapour barrier" when subjected to heat, and proves very effective at...

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